Although Huang Songyuan has surrendered, his current status as Lord of Shu has not been taken away by Xiao Yuan.
Xiao Yuan's intention in conveying the order in the name of the state capital was obvious, that is, he wanted to know who these officials would regard as the 'Lord of Shu' in the future.
The officials must all come, but after they come, it depends on whether they report the matter to Huang Songyuan or Xiao Yuan.
Shangguan Wenruo suggested that Xiao Yuan should not kill the Shu Lord first, but keep him. If the officials below still regard him as their lord, then that's okay!
Therefore, Xiao Yuan must take this step.
The next morning, a group of officials from Yizhou rushed over after receiving the order.
Now the state capital is convening a meeting, but there are two people in charge, Huang Songyuan, the leader of Shu, and Xiao Yuan, the leader of Shu. Who to meet has become a problem.
Many officials were hesitant, but some smart people had already seen the trick.
Some people went to Huang Songyuan's place, and some people went to Xiao Yuan's place.
The two of them are not in the same place. On Xiao Yuan's side, more than half of the Yizhou officials in the hall should be here.
Everyone bowed down with their hands folded, Xiao Yuan also waved his hands slightly, indicating that everyone did not need to be polite, and then looked at Xu Hu, who was guarding the side, and winked slightly.
"No!" The latter understood, immediately clasped his fists, and left without saying a word.
The discussion here was nothing more than talking about some governance issues in Sichuan and Shu. Xiao Yuan asked several questions one after another and received corresponding answers.
Time passed little by little, and in the end, he was quite satisfied, so he said: "Be an official, be a good official. I have read your files, and your political achievements are pretty good. If you can care about the people, Well, not only will I not remove you from your posts, but I will re-employ you."
"On the other hand, if there are corrupt officials who prey on the common people, I will never let them go."
"The land of Shu needs you, and I also need you. I hope that everyone can work together to govern Sichuan and Shu."
His words were relatively gentle. After hearing his words, everyone felt relieved one after another, and then said in unison: "We will follow your lord's teachings——"
"Okay, that's the end of today's discussion. Everyone should perform their duties." Xiao Yuan stood up.
"I'll take my leave -" Everyone saluted.
After leaving the hall, people were about to return to their official offices. Halfway through, they found seven or eight officials kneeling under the steps outside the hall. Behind them, there were even Qin soldiers holding swords. .
Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but stop and watch curiously, and started talking about it.
At this time, Xiao Yuan also appeared here.
The officials kneeling on the ground were all those who went to find Huang Songyuan. Now that they saw Xiao Yuan, they all began to beg for mercy loudly:
"Lord, have mercy on me! Lord, have mercy on me..."
"My lord, I am a loyal official who is willing to work as a cow or a horse. I beg you to spare my life..."
The sound of crying filled the whole place.
Xiao Yuan said nothing and waved directly.
Following his movements, the sounds of swords being unsheathed were heard one after another, and the Qin army soldiers swung their swords down without saying a word.
The severed head fell to the ground, and the screams for mercy stopped abruptly.
This group of people can be said to be the surrender faction, but after the surrender, Huang Songyuan is still the leader. How can they not die!
Xiao Yuan is not a womanly person. When it is time to be ruthless, he will definitely kill decisively.
There is no doubt about his iron-blooded skills.
When they saw this terrifying scene, all the officials knelt down at that moment. The timid ones were already sweating on their foreheads and their bodies began to tremble slightly.
Fortunately, they were not among those killed.
But even so, the emotion of fear is still lingering in everyone's heart.
Xiao Yuan didn't say anything, glanced at the kneeling officials, and left directly.
As a human master, he already has a hint of royal power.
It wasn't until a while after he left that the officials stood up tremblingly, and then they all looked at each other, wiping the cold sweat on their foreheads with the sleeves of their official uniforms.
Huang Songyuan was already frightened and his face turned pale.
Xiao Yuan's move killed the chicken to scare the monkey, and the effect was obvious. After this incident, all officials in Shu knew that their master was no longer Huang Songyuan, but Xiao Yuan.
Huang Songyuan was even put under house arrest in the place where he usually lived, but Xiao Yuan kept all his singers for him, and the latter began to live his daily singing and dancing life again.
Another day later, Xiao Yuan ordered Zhang Jingrui to be taken out of the prison.
The latter was still wearing the same official uniform, but his body was dirty and messy. After being taken to Xiao Yuan's place, he refused to be polite and sneered repeatedly: "Kill him quickly!"
His attitude was completely expected, and Xiao Yuan was not angry. After waving his hand slightly for the guard to step back, he picked up a roll of bamboo slips on the desk and threw it in front of Zhang Jingrui: "Let's take a look."
"What is this?" The latter glanced at the bamboo slips, and out of curiosity, couldn't help but pick it up and unfold it.
After he finished reading, he also asked suspiciously: "Is there a flood problem in Longyou?"
"That's right." Xiao Yuan said: "These official documents were more than half a year ago, but Huang Songyuan ignored such an important matter, which was related to the livelihood of the people of the county. He only drank and had fun, singing and dancing every day without even taking a look at it. ."
"This..." Zhang Jingrui held the bamboo slips and didn't know what to say.
Xiao Yuan glanced at him and said directly: "Go to Longyou to cure the flood."
"What!?" Zhang Jingrui didn't react. Lord Qin brought him here, didn't he want to kill him?
"Do I need to repeat it again? Next summer, if Longyou's flood control fails and floods continue, your head will be at risk!" Xiao Yuan said coldly.
Zhang Jingrui finally came to his senses, and then sneered: "Why should I do things for you?"
"Then it's up to you. This flood is related to people's livelihood. Whether you want to treat it or not, please give me an answer quickly. I don't have that much patience."
Hearing this, Zhang Jingrui hesitated. He is a good official. Such a big matter is related to the people's livelihood in Shu. The superiors specifically asked him to take care of this matter. Can he just ignore it?
There is no doubt that after a while of entanglement, he immediately accepted Xiao Yuan's order.
"Stop being the Sheriff of Zitong County. Go be your Longyou County Sheriff. Go away!" Xiao Yuan smiled and then waved his hand.
Days passed, and more than ten days later, Xiao Yuan first stabilized the official system, and then accepted Chen Tai's surrender, retaining the latter's military position, and at the same time generally controlling the political situation in Yizhou.
At this time, he also planned to pacify Lian Xiao.
Because if this Shu army continues to exist, not only will it be unable to completely regain the Shu land, it will also be a very big hidden danger for the governance of Sichuan and Shu.
At this time, the Qin army still had more than 80,000 troops in total. After leaving 50,000 troops in Yizhou, Xiao Yuan took the other 30,000 soldiers and began to rush to Ningyang.
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